Money for child's adoption stolen

Warrant issued for one arrest; other suspect unknown

6:14 AM,
Sep. 17, 2013

Written by

Patrick O?Neill
Staff Writer

It was 3:20 p.m. Sunday, and Jessica Grant was finishing up her shift at Mother Tucker's on Sharon Avenue. Two white males dressed in baggy green shirts entered the store and engaged the 26-year-old in casual conversation.

Grant said she didn't suspect anything suspicious while the two men lingered at the counter, asking about the availability of various brands of cigarettes. But minutes after they had left, she went to empty the donation jar which held roughly $100 - money which was supposed to go toward adopting her 2-year-old daughter - and she realized it was empty.